Jennifer Flynn had 116 steals during her basketball career at Cooperstown. On the softball field, she had one of the biggest steals of her career as it lead to the game's only run and the Class C softball sectional title for the Hawkeyes.

Flynn walked to lead off the sixth inning. She then stole second and when the throw went out of the infield she raced to third base. Flynn then scored on an infield single by Meaghan Perrino and Cooperstown went on to a 1-0 victory.

"That's just the type of game I expected tonight, it's unfortunate that one team has to lose," said Cooperstown coach Dave Bliss. "This was a game between two really good pitchers and we were able to come up with the win."

The Hawkeye's Maria Noto scattered five hits and struck out seven. Her counterpart, Carley Stoker gave up just two hits, struck out 13 and gave up that all important walk.

"This is the type of game you get when you have the two top-ranked teams in the state competing," said Sandy Creek coach Katie Soluri.

Cooperstown advances to play Elmira Notre Dame. The game will be 5 p.m. Friday at Kost Field in Rome, NY.

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